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PAPER FILE.

No. 364,418. Patented June 7, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM JAYNE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO J. PARK CROSBY, OF SAME PLACE.

PAPER-FILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 364,418, dated June '7, 1887.

Application filed April 4, 1987.

To aZLwhom. it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J AYNE, of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new Improvement in Paper-Files; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and

[O which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a perspective view complete; Fig. 2, an under side View of the base; Fig. 3, a longitudinal section through the base, showing side view of the clamp-plate enlarged; Fig.

4, a transverse section throughthe base, showing the tube in longitudinal section enlarged.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of paper-files in which two straight upright wires are fixed to a base parallel with each other, combined with two other wires hung in the base, and extending upward therefrom are bent over and downward to each meet one of the fi rst-mentioned wires, forming a pair of loops. In the more common construction of this class of files either the two straight wires or the two curved wires have been hinged, so that they may be separated at their meeting ends to permit papers or documents to be set on over the two upright wires, the ends of the wires being pointed for this purpose, and the said two wires have been so connected that the movement of one of the wires of each pair correspondingly moves the same wire of the other pair-that is to say,where the two curved wires are movable they are connected, so that turning one away from its upright the other curved wire is correspondingly turned from its upright.

.In United States Patent No. 351,691 both the upright and curved wires are made mov able, so that either the uprights may be turned from the curved wires or the curved wires turned from the uprights. In the patent rethe curved wires, so that either upright or either curved wire may be turned from its nor mal position without effect upon either of the other wires.

A represents the base, which is of the desired form, recessed upon the under side, and is constructed with four slots, a a and b I), through the top, near one end, corresponding to the position of the four wires. On the under side of the base, centrally located between the slots a a and b b, is a post, (I, and near the inner edge of each slot is a stud, c. The post (2 is internally screw-threaded.

B is a plate or cap secured to the post by a screw, f. The plate is constructed with four arms, 9, the outer ends'of which will, when the cap is in position, cover the ends of the st ads 0. The adjacent surfaces of the studs 0 and arms 9 are grooved transversely to form bearings.

C 0 represent the straight wires or uprights, which extend upward through the two slots a a of the base. The lower ends of the wires 0 O are turned at right angles and toward each other, and are inclosed in a tube, h.

D D represent the curved wires, which extend upward through the slots 1) b in rear of the wires CO. The lower ends of the wires D D are turned at right angles toward each other, and are also inclosed by a tube, m. The tubes 83 h m are clamped in the bearings between the studs 6 and the arms 9 of the cap B, and form smooth bearings, in which the wire will freely swing.

The upper ends of the wires D D are curved S5 forward and downward, overlapping the upper ends of the wires 0 O. The meeting ends of the wires are correspondingly beveled, so that when in the closed position they form substantially continuous wires. The two wires of 0 each pair are connected by a spring, n, preferably below the surface of the base, the tendency of the spring being to hold the points of the wires in contact. The inner ends of the slots a a and b 1) form stops for the wires in 5 their normal position, and also serve to prevent lateral movement of the wires.

To place a paper on the file, press the paper against the end of the wires D D above the wires 0 O and so as to force the wires D D [00 backward, as indicated in broken lines, Fig.

1. Then the ends of the wires 0 G are ex* posed to receive the paper, and as soon as the paper is passed onto the wires 0 O the spring will return the wires D D to their normal position.

To remove the paper, draw it forward so as to pull the wires 0 G from the wires D D, as indicated in broken lines, and so that the pa per will slide from the wire, and then the wires, under the reaction of the spring, will return them to their upright position.

If there are several papers on the file, and it is desired to remove an under one, the papers above the one desired are first raised and passed over onto the wires D D, and then the desired paper is removed by simply pulling upon it to draw forward the wires C O, as before described.

Because each wire is separate ,from the others, each may be used independent of the others-that is to say, they may be used doubly or singly. Papers of sufficient breadth to take onto both wires may be applied to both, and narrower papers may be applied to either without disturbing the other. By this construction each wire of the two pair is entirely independent of each of the others. The construction is extremely simple, as the base and plate may be cast complete, requiring no mechanical work other than that of tapping,

the central post for securing the plate. The tubes which form the hinges for the respective wires are readily secured in place by the clamping-plate and without liability of cramping, which would be the case did the plate bear directly upon the wires.

\Vhile I prefer to make the bearings for the tubes in the form of two studs, as I have described, one at each end of the tube, a single bearing may be suflicient, as indicated by broken lines, Fig. 4, the clamping-plate being adapted to bear thereon.

The tubes with bearings beneath the base and the clamp may be used to advantage in paper-files in which each twoof the wires are connected, the tube being placed upon the wires before bending, the wire being continuous through the tube, so that turning one will turn the other. I do not therefore wish to be understood as limiting my invention of the tube with its bearing and clamp to disconnectedwires.

I elain1 1. In a paper-file, substantially such as de scribed, the combination of the base constructed with longitudinal slots at a and b b, the wires 0 O and D D, each independent of the others and extending up through the respective slots in the base, the lower ends of each two wires turned at right angles toward each other below the slots, tubes inclosing said turned ends of each two of the wires within the base, bearings in the base to receive each of said tubes, with a clamp adapted to bear upon the said tubes and hold them in their bearings, with springs adapted to yieldingly hold the wires of each pair with their upper ends or points in contact, all substantially as described.

2. The combination of the base A, constructed with slots a a and Z2 b, two transverse tubes, h m, arranged in bearings beneath the base, a clamp arranged to bear upon and hold said tubes in their bearings, the uprights O 0, extending through said slots a ain the base and hinged below in the tube h, the wires D D, extending through said slots Z) Z) in the base and hinged bclowin the tube on, with a spring adapted to force the wires 0 D toward each. other, substantially as described.

WILLIAM JAYNE. W'itnessesi J. FRANK SLEEPER, JOHN KELLY. 

